Bridge River Ice Climb Near Miss

Nom de la voie

The Theft

La qualité de la glace était:

Horrible

Nous avons cessé l'ascension à cause de

• Mauvaises conditions de glace
• Heure de la journée
• Réchauffement/rayonnement solaire

La journée était:

• Nuageuse
• Chaude
• Mouillée

Conditions d'avalanche

• Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.
• 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures
• Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Size 2+/3 wet loose overshot our party of 3 tucked against the rock on The Theft WI6+/M6 saturday in the Bridge. The avi flowed for 20-30sec coming as close a 5m to the 2 climbers at the P1 belay but mostly falling to the climber's right. One climber received a branch to the buttocks with minor bruising/abrasion.

Mistake was made in relying on word of mouth and visual inspection of the climb and not reviewing a topographic map which showed the steep terrain above. Initially, we considered the objective a conservative, low avi risk climb on such a high risk day (the overhead seemed flat with dense trees).

Upon returning to the car, we also witnessed another slide over The Gift (a climb just a couple 100 meters to the East on the same aspect which had hit another party the day prior).